204 SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. 



Puebla, belonging to an intelligent gentleman 

 of the name of Call, which engrossed the 

 whole apartments of a very large house. 

 Thousands of boxes, drawers, cases, bottles, 

 and jars, were arranged in the greatest order, 

 together with an extensive chemical apparatus. 

 Among the drugs we observed many that have 

 been long exploded in Europe ; such as parts 

 of serpents, living tortoises, &c, &c. 



Barbers here seem to retain the importance 

 which their calling formerly held in England; 

 — their shops are numerous, and generally 

 make a handsome show with the display of 

 the utensils of their trade, mixed with pictures 

 and prints, grinding stones, and burnished 

 brass basins, resplendent as the helmet of 

 Mambrino on the head of the knight of La 

 Mancha. The price of shaving is a hundred 

 times dearer here than in England, and 

 equals half the physician's fee. 



Cabinet work is very inferior and very 



